sunrisenoun definition in The sun and the moon topic from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

sunrise

noun: The sun and the moon topic

1[uncountable]the time when the sun first appears in the sky in the morningWe got up at sunrise.We left before sunrise.2[countable,usually singular]the colours in the part of the sky where the sun first appears in the morningthe pinks and yellows of the sunriseThey looked out at the silvery yellow of the highland sunrise.